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OF THE 

PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETT 

FOR THE 

PROMOTION OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 
COMMONWEALTH. 

I. This Society shall consist of as many members 
as shall sign this constitution : and its object shall be^ 
as designated in the title^ to promote internal improve- 
ments in the commonwealth. 

II. The Officers of the Society shall be a President^ 
three Vice Presidents, a Recording and a Correspond- 
ing Secretary, and a Treasurer; who shall be chosen 
on the second Tuesday in December of the present 
year, and on the first Wednesday in January, in every 
year after 1829. The Officers chosen at any election 
shall retain their offices until the appointment of suc- 
cessors. 

III. The President, or, in his absence, one of the 
Vice Presidents^ or, in their absence, a Chairman 
chosen pro tempore^ shall preside at the meetings of 
the Society. The President shall call extra meetings 
whenever requested by six members in writing, where- 
of three days notice shall be given. 

IV. The Recording Secretary shall keep Tair mi- 
nutes of the proceedings of the Society; ^ 

V. Thf Treasurer shall receive all mom^s belong- 
ing to tL 3 Society, and keep correct accounts of the re- 
ceipts and disbursements, which he shall present to 
tM Society at the stated meetings. He shall pay no 
monies but on the order of the President, countersign- 
ed by the Secretary. 

VI. The Society shall hold meetings every two 






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months, on the first Wednesday of January, March, 
May, July, September, and November. 

VII. An Acting Committee, to consist of five mem- 
bers, shall be appointed on the second Tuesday in De- 
cember of this year, and at the first meeting of the So- 
ciety in every year after 1825; v^hich committee shall 
perform such duties as may be entrusted to them by the 
society, and shall have charge of its correspondence. 
The Corresponding Secretary shall act as secretary of 
the committee, and shall keep its minutes. 

VIII. The subscription for the first year shall be 
one hundred dollars, payable in four quarterly instaU 
ments, the first on the organization of the Society, ^^he 
subscription after the first year shall be ten dollars per 
annum. 

J^ov. 30, 1831. 

BY-LAWS. 

1. At the opening of the society, the minutes of the 
preceding meeting shall be read, and, if necessary, 
amended. 

2. No member shall be interrupted Mobile speaking 
in order; except for the especial purpose of explaining 
any mistake committed by the member so interrupted. 

3. The Recording Secretary shall give the members 
notice of the meetings of the Society, through the post- 
oflBce, at leasl three days preceding. 

4. The Acting Committee shall hold stated meet- 
ings on the second Tuesday of every month. The 
Chairman may call extra meetings of the Committee, 
whenever in his opinion the same may be necessary. 

5. One hundred dollars shall be placed in the hands 
of the Corresponding Secretary, to pay for printing 
and other contingent expenses, which may be incurred 



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by the Committee. His vouchers for the disbursement 
of this money shall be the order of the Chairman of 
the Acting Committee. These disbursements shall in 
no case exceed fifty dollars between any two stated 
meetings of the Society : and the accounts of the Se- 
cretary shall be submitted at the stated meetings imme- 
diately subsequent to any disbursements. 

6. The Society may elect honorary members, and 
information of their election shall be communicated to 
them by the Corresponding Secretary. 

7. The Acting Committee shall open a Correspon- 
dence with the friends of internal improvements in the 
United States and elsewhere ; with all who have charge 
of public works in the United States ; and with those 
who are skilled in the science of civil engineering. 
They shall collect such information, in relation to 
the objects of the Society, as can be procured ; and 
shall from time to time report their proceedings, and 
such other matters as may be interesting to the Society, 
and may contribute by their statement and promulga- 
tion to the purposes for which it is established. The 
Committee may submit, for the consideration of the 
Society, plans for public improvements, and such esti- 
mates of their cost, and of the means of their accom- 
plishment, as can be procured without expense ; unless 
the expenditure of money for the purpose of attaining 
such estimates and plans shall be specially authorized 
by the Society. They shall keep accurate minutes of 
their proceedings, which shall be submitted to the So- 
ciety at every stated meeting. 

8. No alteration shall be made in the Constitution 
or By-laws, unless proposed at one stated meeting, and 
adopted at a subsequent stated meeting. 

9. The Acting Committee may make their own rules 
and regulations. 



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^ Officers of the Society. 

PRESIDENT. 

JOHN SERGEANT. 

VICE PRESIDENTS. 

JOHN CONNELLY, 
MATHEW CAREY, 
PAUL BECK, Jr. 

TREASURER. 

JOHN WHITE. 

RECORDING SECRETARY. 

JOHN Y. CLARK. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

GERARD RALSTON. 

ACTING COMMITTEE. 

MATHEW CAREY, 
JOSEPH HEMPHILL, 
RICHARD PETERS, Jr. 
STEPHEN DUNCAN, 
WILLIAM STRICKLAND. 



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